Months after using a drone to deliver pensions to beneficiaries residing in remote hamlets, a woman Sarpanch in Nuapada district has adopted a novel way to fight the plastic menace. Saroj Devi Agrawal ...

HYDERABAD: To combat the rampant usage of single-use plastics, the Telangana MAUD department has unveiled a novel initiative — the “Bartan Bank”.The Bartan Bank will offer stainless steel utensils ...

To curb use of plastic during feasts, a utensils depot has been opened at Kurumunda village by sarpanch Saroj Devi which can be used by villagers free of cost, writes Mayank Bhusan Pani. NUAPADA: At ...

“I was going through a phase where I was eager to do something that would make a social impact,” says Nidarshana Saikia Das, looking back at what led her to begin The Bartan Company (TBC), which she ...

To make villages plastic-free, the Rajasthan government has launched Bartan (Utensil) Banks at the panchayat level. In the first phase of the scheme, 1,000 panchayats across the state will receive ₹1 ...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) may have recommended abolition of the "bartan" system and the government may have accepted it on February 17 this year, but the ancient practice of treating ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Cleanliness was very dear to Mahatma Gandhi. This Gandhi Jayanti, Free Press profiles two cleanliness warriors from city - a one-man army and a group of women. Bicycle Yatras ...